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Events on Saturday 4 October 1941 2
1941Head Injuries in Motor-cyclistsOxford, United KingdomCairns published in the British Medical Journal on the deaths of despatch riders, showing that most had died of head injuries that a hard helmet would have prevented. He had been collecting the cases since 1935, when Lawrence died under his care.
1941Head Injuries in Motor-cyclistsOxford, United KingdomCairns published in the British Medical Journal on despatch riders killed in the first 21 months of the war — 2,279 of them, most by head injuries that a hard helmet would have prevented. He had been collecting cases since Lawrence died under his care in 1935.